Posted on : 27-02-2009 | By : grace
Last five years the result of the 2002 census for women ran the farms is 237, 819 and now it has increase to 30 percent. Women in the west are listed as principal operators on about 14 percent of all U.S farmers according to the Census of Agriculture in the year 2007. It contains 306, 209 operators of women from farmers or ranchers in the west side. In the state like the Washington, California, Idaho and Oregon farms are controlled by the women in five years. More than half of this states have the women as the major operators.
Jane Burns of Nampa in Idaho is one of them. She operates the Meadowlark Farm for 20 years and recently raises poultry and sheep. She is working in a partnership to process the chickens and selling the meat in Boise area farmer’s markets. She enjoys selling her own products in farmers’ markets and the opportunity for personal contact with her customers. Burns owns 10 acres on Nampa’s eastern edge, 21 miles from her main market in Boise. She leases seven more acres, plus some pasture near Caldwell for a few sheep.
Burns is just one of the thousands women in town who operates there own farms. Women primarily operate 12.43 percent of the said state farms in 2007. Women were listed as one of the top three operators on 12,646 Idaho farms, or 49.89 percent all those in the state.
In neighboring country Oregon, listed the highest percentage of women operates there farm in. Women run 21.41 percent or 8,255 operations of farms in the state. Nearly two out of every three Oregon farms – 64.83 percent – have women as one of the top three operators.
Washington and California also exceed the national average of women as primary and secondary operators that have been said in the Capital Press. Women in the Washington operates the farms are 20.59 percent and in California it take 18.47 percent in 2007. It’s an increase of 43.6 percent since 2002 in Washington and 18.6 in California.
Nationally the census shows women are one of the top three operators on 44.68 percent of all farms and ranches. That’s 985,192 farms or ranches out of the 2.2 million operations in the nation.
Posted on : 26-02-2009 | By : grace
Ebola-Reston virus or Reston Ebolavirus also known as Asian filovirus, was first discovered in a crab –eating macaque in the Philippines 1989-1990, 1992 and 1996. This crab – eating macaque are been imported form the Philippines. It has been said that the Reston virus is non-pathogenic to humans and is hazardous in monkeys. The perception of its lethality was confounded due to the monkey’s coinfection with Simian hemorrhagic fever virus (SHFV).
And now another Ebola-Reston Virus have discover in pigs. In the first investigation the sick pigs that are found on the province of Nueva Ecija and Bulacan in 2007 – 2008 prompted the Government of the Philippines to initiate laboratory investigations. The affected pigs are sent to international reference laboratories which confirmed in late October that the pigs were infected with a highly virulent strain of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) as well as the Ebola-Reston virus.
The symptoms of Ebola Virus are abruptly. The person been infected in this virus will not feel sick for several days to few weeks. The Ebola victims’ symptoms include fever, sore throat, weakness, severe headache, joint and muscle ache, diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration and stomach pain. A rash, red eyes, hiccups, and internal and external bleeding may be seen in some patients. When the rash develops on dark skin, it is often not recognized until the rash begins to peel. The death usually occurs during the second week of Ebola symptoms. The cause of the death of Ebola victims are usually from massive blood loss.
Sick animals or meat found dead should not be eaten and give to other animals. They should be reported to the competent authorities and proper precautions and protection should be taken when destroying disposing sick or dead animals.
Posted on : 20-02-2009 | By : grace
Environmental Health is one of the main goals of sustainable agriculture. It concerned all the aspect of the natural and built environment that may affect human health. Environmental health as used by the WHO Regional Office for Europe, includes both the direct pathological effects of chemicals, radiation and some biological agents, and the effects on health and well being of the broad physical, psychological, social and aesthetic environment which includes housing, urban development, land use and transport.
Posted on : 20-02-2009 | By : grace
Agriculture Revolution defines as a period of rapid change in agriculture usually associated with increases in output. One example of agriculture revolution is the green revolution. It defines as a significant increase in agricultural productivity resulting from the introduction of high-yield varieties of grains, the use of pesticides, and improved management techniques. The Green Revolution in Southeast Asia was a technology package comprising improved high-yielding varieties of rice, irrigation or controlled water supply, improved moisture utilization, fertilizers and pesticides, and associated management skills. The utilization of this technology package in suitable socioeconomic environments has resulted in greatly increased yields and incomes for many farmers in Southeast Asia.
Posted on : 20-02-2009 | By : grace
Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of civilization, with the husbandry of domesticated animals and plants creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more densely populated and stratified societies.To attain the ‘sustainable development’ goal requires urgent actions on three fronts; the ecological, the social and the economic.
There are major problems and issues in agriculture:
1) Ecology/Technology
2) The Global Economic Framework
3) Land for the Farmers
This problems and issues have been resolved in an integrated way, if sustainable agriculture is to be taken seriously. It integrates the three main goals the environmental stewardship, farm profitability, and prosperous farming communities.